The British Columbian
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issued: 2017-03-07
issued: 1885-10-14
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note: Govornmont Gazcttf THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN —is runuiitKO—■ Hvei-)' Wciliicsiliij' & Biitiiriliij,) — nr— 0. ROBSON & CO. OFFICE COLUMBIA STREET. Ehtiiance TO Eoi- rOfllAL AND BUSINESS DEPARTMENT THROUGH T. R, Pearsoh & GO'S. Book & Stationery Store. TKWM8«l!y Mull, $3» yuur ; $160 for 0 mos. - $1 liii'M iiias.i imyalilo In Advance, Dollvui-oil tiyCiirilnror Agont, }1 por qunrtor, pnynbto quarterly to Currier or Agont. AOENTS T. N. HlBHEH & CO. VlOTOBtA. T. R. Peahsoh & Co Yale. TUIO ft A DC D miivl-iifiiiiH'l on nio nt 8nio rArtn a«- i*. Rowoii&oo.'i Newspupui AtlvortlBing DurefiutlO Spnioo St.), wliero ntlv/ii lining cont met t mny lio iini'Io fur It In NEW YOKK. Wxt §nii$\x Columbian. Wi'diicsilay MornluR. Ocl. 11. 188,1. Durrcnt Events und Opinions. The Canadian Pacific Railway will bo opened through to the Pacific by tho end of tho present year, and no doubt a line of steamships plying between Burrard Inlet and China and Japan will soon he forthcoming. If vessols running out of San .Francisco can bo mndo to pay, thore is no good reason why a profitable carrying trade should not be dono out of Vancouver (tho new name for Coal Harbor) and Victoria, in view of the fact that tho San Franoisco routo is the longer of the two by threo days, and that tho California vessels aro largely dependent on British Columbia coal. Tlm establishment of a Canadian steamship line in these waters pro- supposes tho existence of a Canadian trade with China and Japan. At present, however, our trade is of very slender proportions, Last year British Oolumbia sent China eight thousand dollars' worth of fish, aud lumber of tho value of $51,000, and the wholo Dominion imported from China goods of the value of $970,000, tho imports from Japan boing $936,000. It is evident, howevor, that the opening of direct rail and water communication with thoso countrios will enable our merchants and manufacturers to increase their trndo with them, Tho Americans send to China, besides cotton and other manufac…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Robson Brothers (1882-1883) ; D. Robson & Co. (1883-1886) ; British Columbia Stationery and Printing Co. (1886-1887) ; British Columbian Printing Company (Limited) (1887-1888) ; Kennedy Brothers (1888-1890).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Westminster (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0345997
language: English
lat: 49.206667
long: -122.910556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Westminster : D. Robson & Co.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text